[Carry_Okie]

And for the 10 millionth time, he is UNELECTABLE in any statewide election.

The facts belie you. Had the CAGOP leadership given him even reasonable support, OR had they NOT sabotaged Bill Simon's campaign, McClintock would be controller today.

Candidate	Votes	Pct.	Spent ($MM)
Steve Westly	Moderate Democrat	45.4	$10.6
Tom McClintock	Conservative Republican	45.1	$2.0
Result? The conservative got no support from the GOP, was outspent 5:1 by a moderate Democrat, and nearly won anyway.
Candidate	Votes	Vote Pct.	Spent ($MM)
Cruz M. Bustamante	Leftist Democrat	49.5	$4.6
Bruce Mc Pherson	Moderate Republican	41.8	$2.8
Result? The “moderate” Republican darling of the GOP got lots of support, was outspent only 1.6:1 by an extreme leftist with no credibility, the "electable" GOP "moderate" LOST by a margin NINE TIMES larger than the unsupported conservative in the same election. So much for "moderates are more electable in California."

Sources: vote2002.ss.ca.gov
SOS Campaign Finance Page

[AVNevis]

Great job compiling that!

Great to see the McPherson comparison.

[Torie]

The dirty little secret is that McClintock has considerable respect among some Democrats in California, including my two brothers, who both voted for McClintock for Controller. Why? Because he was demonstrably more qualified for the job, which was about money, and who knows more about money than McClintock? It is so damn simple really. Folks get into these ideological and political strait jackets of their own minds. It drives me nuts sometimes.

Good post by the way. The only problem with it, was that Bustamante I think was the incumbent, which counts for a lot in down ballot races.

[ClintonBeGone]

hahahah Ohhhhhhhh, the humanity!! Notice how you convinently left out the results of the recall election. When you have a race between: Arnold (a populist/moderate), Bustamoney (leftist), and McClintock (kook), Arnolds smoked 'em both.

[Dean Baker]

OR had they NOT sabotaged Bill Simon's campaign

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And Kerry lost only because of massive fraud in Ohio. Or was it because of the "Corporate Media"?


Polar opposites. Same excuses.

[BillyBoy]

And don't forget that abortion luvin' Gary Mendoza, liberal Republican, did the WORST of the statewide GOP canadidates, pulling in a paltry 41%.

But I've given up trying to use logic on the Arnoldbots. Since they believe the more liberal you are, the more "electable" you are in California, we might as well give them what they want and see if we can export all the ultra-corrupt RINOs from other parts of the country into their state.

I'm working really hard to see if they can take George Ryan off our hands. He utterly destroyed Illinois and it's taking FOREVER waiting for the indicited former criminal Governor to be tried. They won't mind if he takes everyone off death row in their state or spends taxpayer funded trips to kiss Fidel Castro's butt, cuz he has an "R" next to his name, dontsa know.

The guy's been "elected" statewide in Illinois no less than three times, but today he couldn't be elected dogcatcher in Illinois. He's the perfect candidate for California though, they will appriciate his "electablity". Gotta replace the UNELECTABLE intermin SOS with out guy.